WITH THE LATEST. KAREN: AFTER OUR MOST RECENT STORIES THAT SHOWED CONSTABLES EXECUTING CRIMINAL WARRANTS, WE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM YOU. THESE ARE QUESTIONS WE HAVE BEEN ASKING INCLUDING ARE THESE CONSTABLES EVER -- ABLE TO HAVE BLUE LIGHTS LIKE POLICE DO? HERE ARE THE BLUE LIGHTS. YOU CAN SEE THEM IN THE BODY CAMERA VIDEO PROVIDED TO 5 INVESTIGATES BY THE MASSACHUSETTS CONSTABLES OFFICE. THEY WERE TURNED ON AS PART OF A PURSUIT THAT ENDED WITH THIS MAN WANTED ON A CRIMINAL WARRANT IN TASTE IN LOWELL WHILE LYING ON THE GROUND. >> BEHIND YOUR BACK. KAREN: NOW THE RMV IS TAKING ACTION. THEY RECEIVED REPORTS THAT THE MASS CONSTABLE OFFICE HAD BLUE LIGHTS, EXCESSIVE WINDOW TINT AND MARKINGS NOT ALLOWED ON PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE RMV DETERMINED THEIR CARS DON’T QUALIFY FOR BLUE LIGHTS AND SCHEDULED A HEARING BUT THE RMV SAYS THE MASS CONSTABLES OFFICE MISSED THAT HEARING AND AS A RESULT THE RMV REVOKED THE REGISTRATION FOR ONE VEHICLE AND ORDERED THEM TO REMOVE THE LIGHTS. MASSACHUSETTS CONSTABLES OFFICE ATTORNEY SAYS THEY ARE APPEALING THE RULING. HE CALLS THIS A CONTINUED PATTERN OF HARASSMENT AGAINST THE OFFICE, POINTING OUT A JURY CLEARED THEM OF FIREARMS CHARGES FILED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE IN 2017, RELATED TO WHETHER THE CONSTABLES ARE IN FACT LAW ENFORCEMENT. 5 INVESTIGATES FIRST STARTED LOOKING INTO THE POWER OF CONSTABLES THREE YEARS AGO AFTER AN UNAFFILIATED CONSTABLE SHOT TWO OFFICERS. A REPORTING REVEALED CONSTABLES HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE COLONIAL TIMES. AS A RESULT THEY HAVE POWERS TO MAKE CRIMINAL AND SIMILAR -- CIVIL ARRESTS WITH NO OVERSIGHT OR TRAINING REQUIRED. THE POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION CRAFTED A BILL TO RESTRICT CONSTABLES TO CIVIL WORK LIKE SERVING DIVORCE PAPERS AND EVICTION NOTICES WHICH IS WHAT MOST CONSTABLES CURRENTLY DO. THAT BILL HAS BEEN STUCK ON BEACON HILL. THERE ARE ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT PICTURES SHOWING MUNICIPAL BLUE LICENSE PLATES ON ONE OF THE MASS CONSTABLES OFFICE VEHICLES. THE RMV TOLD THE -- TOLD US THEY ORDERED THE CONSTABL

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles is taking action after they recently received reports that Massachusetts Constable's Office cars cars had blue lights, excessive window tint and markings not allowed on passenger vehicles.The RMV determined the constables cars don't qualify for blue lights and scheduled a hearing.The RMV said the Massachusetts Constable's Office missed the hearing and as a result, the RMV revoked the registration for one vehicle and ordered them to remove the lights.You could see the blue lights in the body camera video provided to 5 Investigates by the Massachusetts Constable's Office.The lights were turned on as part of a pursuit that ended with a man wanted on a criminal warrant being shocked with a stun gun in Lowell while he was lying on the ground.The attorney for Darryl Hines, who found the Massachusetts Constable's Office, told 5 Investigates Hines is appealing the ruling.The attorney called the action a continued pattern of harassment against Hines, pointing out a jury cleared Hines of firearms charges filed by Massachusetts State Police in 2017, all related to whether Hines and his constables are in fact law enforcement.5 Investigates first started looking into the powers of constables in Massachusetts three years ago, after an unaffiliated constable shot two Boston police officers.Our reporting revealed that laws about constables haven't been updated since Colonial times and, as a result, constables have powers to make both criminal and civil arrests with no oversight or training required. The Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association crafted a bill to restrict constables to civil work such as serving divorce papers and eviction notices, which is what most constables in Massachusetts currently do. That bill has remained stuck in a committee on Beacon Hill until now. After seeing the recent body camera video and 5 Investigates latest reporting, leaders in the state House and Senate are promising a hearing this fall.There are also questions about pictures showing blue license plates on Massachusetts Constable's Office vehicles The RMV says it ordered the Massachusetts Constables Office to surrender those plates two years ago, which under current law. Constables argue they are allowed to do.

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The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles is taking action after they recently received reports that Massachusetts Constable's Office cars cars had blue lights, excessive window tint and markings not allowed on passenger vehicles.

The RMV determined the constables cars don't qualify for blue lights and scheduled a hearing.

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The RMV said the Massachusetts Constable's Office missed the hearing and as a result, the RMV revoked the registration for one vehicle and ordered them to remove the lights.

You could see the blue lights in the body camera video provided to 5 Investigates by the Massachusetts Constable's Office.

The lights were turned on as part of a pursuit that ended with a man wanted on a criminal warrant being shocked with a stun gun in Lowell while he was lying on the ground.

The attorney for Darryl Hines, who found the Massachusetts Constable's Office, told 5 Investigates Hines is appealing the ruling.

The attorney called the action a continued pattern of harassment against Hines, pointing out a jury cleared Hines of firearms charges filed by Massachusetts State Police in 2017, all related to whether Hines and his constables are in fact law enforcement.

5 Investigates first started looking into the powers of constables in Massachusetts three years ago, after an unaffiliated constable shot two Boston police officers.

Our reporting revealed that laws about constables haven't been updated since Colonial times and, as a result, constables have powers to make both criminal and civil arrests with no oversight or training required.

The Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association crafted a bill to restrict constables to civil work such as serving divorce papers and eviction notices, which is what most constables in Massachusetts currently do.

That bill has remained stuck in a committee on Beacon Hill until now.

After seeing the recent body camera video and 5 Investigates latest reporting, leaders in the state House and Senate are promising a hearing this fall.

There are also questions about pictures showing blue license plates on Massachusetts Constable's Office vehicles

The RMV says it ordered the Massachusetts Constables Office to surrender those plates two years ago, which under current law. Constables argue they are allowed to do.